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NPS Midwest Regional Office Nomination for Environmental Achievement Award

How Our Move to a New Office Building on Omaha’s Riverfront is Demonstrating that

Sustainability is Part of “the Good Life”

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NPS Midwest Regional Office Building from 1960 to 2004

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Omaha’s Riverfront Past– Trading posts were established in the area since

the late 1700s– Lewis & Clark camped in this area in 1804– Omaha became an incorporated city in 1854– Omaha’s riverfront included a port of call,

factories, warehouses, and the mainline crossing for the Union Pacific Railroad

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Unfortunately, dams, industry, pollution, and channelization had a negative impact on the Missouri River

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This is the NPS site just before the abandoned buildings were destroyed and the contaminated soil was cleaned up .

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Omaha developed and implemented a comprehensive redevelopment plan for its riverfront

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Carl T. Curtis BuildingNational Park Service New Midwest Regional Headquarters

Note the native xeriscaped landscape, just planted at the time this photowas taken. The trail on the right is 20 feet from the Missouri River.

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The area around the NPS building

Riverfront Trail Park Marina

Salute to Labor Statue